Idiom
never mind
Meaning
Let alone; much less.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot afford a car, never mind a house.”
“He cannot even run a mile, never mind finish a full marathon.”
“The struggling artist could barely afford a meal, never mind the expensive supplies required for his ambitious new project.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot afford a car, never mind a house.”
contextual
“He cannot even run a mile, never mind finish a full marathon.”
complex
“The struggling artist could barely afford a meal, never mind the expensive supplies required for his ambitious new project.”
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